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es TAERE NER E 
to be provided against. Third, because the appearance 
of stone walls, dykes, iron and wire fences is generally 
specific purpose is the best. 
In forming a Bop: -garden, for example, where 
neither hedge nor tree exists, a shelter fence 
= poles may be erected in a day, which would 
“cost many shillings, and would 
goes on. Nor are such shelter fences alone useful in 
cold weather but they are almost equally beneficial on 
hot days in summer, 
nothing, yet if it does not remain stron endure 
a certain length of time, it will not pay for the 
nails and labour used in erecting it а wood, 
sagreeable 
smell, however, and everything connected with the 
process of E osoting, i is во offensive, that E is io 
desirable some other preservative as 
substitute he it. A compound of lime, ale jonak 
and sand, boiled and made into a paste of the con- 
of 
БЫ 
а preservative 
ce upon wood, and would be used if only cheap 
enough. I have of late, however, made ы I trust 
may prove a successful di overy о of a new wood 
It is нун іп water 
and the wood either steeped in it; or the liquid ma: 
be ome to the fence or other w 
a mann 
n the meantime, bey ond 
а friendly advice to give it a trial, C; Y. Michie, 
Cullen House 
THE Rock GARDEN. 
Tue rock garden at Hewell Grange is in a shel- 
tered and very much protected position being about 
the pleasure 
ү! ing a high bank o: nini sandstone 
"e Toek, whieh i is د‎ with ae Pariwinkle, Ferns, 
s р Rh 
such as Ly, Scolope 
ms in variety, nien Atm mem: А: lobatum 
Filix-mas с and others. Erica шейные 
rte of which there are large masses, is almost 
ling forms of Ferns of numerous ресгев аге found 
кд “ча, where a crevice with a little soil is avail- 
en winter weather, When snow has 
REE te Ferns and alpines of an evergreen and 
enduring foliage will reappear, and will aah much 
чаль: to the lover of hardy plants. 2, Ward, 
MARKET PLANTS. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM FRUTESCENS. 
ManavznrrES, or Paris Daisies as they are usually 
called, are among the plants that — vu ome 
popular within the last few years; yet when first 
brought forward, many of the market н eer 
to think they were too much 
grown very 
SBI both as pot plants and for giving a 
supply of cut bloom. They were also used exten- 
sively for bedding-out, window boxes, &с. Thos 
n, however, there was ‘plenty of evidence 
that tnc growers had recognised their merits, 
immense quantities being sent into the tiekot; their 
sete M somew ге — in consequence ; how- 
tive priee was generally 
ad, vale Чыны pesos in 48-size pots selling 
at from Өз. to 12s. irt and plants suitable 
for window aum &c., at from 4s. to 6s. per dozen. 
The value of c t bloom varies considerably ; a fair 
average price for good clean blooms being from 4s, 
о 6s. r do bunches, A. и "S of the 
ozen 
Sd naii is obtained from Fra 
КА. 
White.—C. f. mum. в the best white 
— for general market .w ale plant is of a 
uan ing habit, with ме green foliage ; the 
Fais e large, and have rather large stalks, 
bringing vidi well semis the انا‎ either as а 
pot-plant, or for cutting purposes, it is most valu- 
able. 
C. f. Haller ri majus, E T identical with the above, 
very re resembles 
ететйн and compact in habit, with 
rather call ‘bright green leaves; flowers of medium 
size. 
C. f. pinnatum.—A very distinct variety, with 
very finely-cut leaves, which are of a pale glaucou 
‚апа 
not so liable to run up when grown where there is a 
little warmth. 
Besides the above, I have met with two distinct 
forms grown as C. frutescens, without any further 
distinction ; ue has glaucous fi i 
det p Etoile d'Or. n is the most 
popular yellow variety, and is 
eed any desc 
well known to 
nee scription. Ааай € this variety had 
been grown in France for some years previous, it was 
not until the spring of 1880 that it became much 
known he 
C. f. Comte de Chambord i is another good variety ; 
the flowers are not quite so large as the above, but 
the plant is of a free habit of growth. 
CULTURE, 
so easily managed as Marguerit es, 
varieties; but like all other 
aliter ed апа to keep up 
lar succession of good marketable le plants, they 
CE * 0 NE ek w 
[Jaxvanv 8, 1887. 
"— some care and ONU To begin with, 
plants that are required for early spring work should 
be propagated in се autumn; and to secure good 
old plants should be cut back 
tings strike freely in a close frame, where Be is a 
little bottom-heat. They should be potted off as 
soon as they are sufficiently rooted; by the time they 
ave got a good hold of the new soil they will 
i stopping, and the tops will give another 
tch of ti 
ing pots, the она shou 
na 
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ect 
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hould be in 
a өш өн where they сап be pro ecte r in case of 
frost coming on sudden nly, For w ا‎ vering, the 
plants should be potted in rather poor soil, otherwise 
rowth, ind will not 
As the ee е Etoile d'Or, 
does not break out freely fr 
eely as possible, 
tops of young plants that have not yet 
ar will make tlıe best cuttings. 
With regard to soil, watering, &c., it is not neces- 
don e 
however, that seid HE freely may be liberally 
supplied with man 
cm 
Marguerites are subject to greenfl у, and also а 
little ot similar to ie ‘Galery grub (see fig. ы 
p. 57), which is very destructive when once it ma 
its appearance. The only way to keep this doni is 
to isch off the ieri that are affected, a urn 
them; or frequent syringing with clear еган 
msley. 
willk ae off the dy that breeds them. A, Hem 
ست 
PEARS. 
تح و تة‎ 
Tux following remarks on Pears are taken from 
а paper read by Mr. T. F. Rivers, 
of the Horticultural Club on Tuesday 
giving a short historical Т of the 
Pear, Mr. Rivers proceeded to say that 
an the 
Lov of the. stock upon the к All ee 
are raised from seed, and t variety of | 
Тһе difference sometimes seen in in the 
* The seedling Р, imported France | 
are raised from the pips of perry Pears, and of these 
о sorts are distinguished, one with smooth bright 
Mans; and th 
woolly or e-leaved, from the province of Anjou. 
I believe the pips of the wild or forest Pear 
employed in in G 
ermany Willing dake — 
* Gardin toes oa ths Рев should be either 
